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Great Elm Capital Group (GECC) Competitors

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$7.60 -0.04 (-0.52%)
Closing price 10/23/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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GECC vs. JOF, SAR, TWN, MIY, MHN, MIN, DSM, NCA, TDF, and MXF

Should you be buying Great Elm Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Elm Capital Group include Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), Saratoga Investment (SAR), Taiwan Fund (TWN), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), Nuveen California Municipal Va (NCA), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), and Mexico Fund (MXF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Great Elm Capital Group vs. Its Competitors

Great Elm Capital Group (NASDAQ:GECC) and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (NYSE:JOF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and valuation.

Great Elm Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Great Elm Capital Group$39.32M2.24$3.55M$1.564.87
Japan Smaller Capitalization FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Great Elm Capital Group had 2 more articles in the media than Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Great Elm Capital Group and 0 mentions for Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund. Great Elm Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Great Elm Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Great Elm Capital Group Positive
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Neutral

Great Elm Capital Group presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.74%. Given Great Elm Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Great Elm Capital Group is more favorable than Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Great Elm Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Great Elm Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.5%. Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Great Elm Capital Group pays out 94.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Great Elm Capital Group has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Great Elm Capital Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Great Elm Capital Group has a net margin of 36.81% compared to Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Great Elm Capital Group's return on equity of 12.49% beat Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Great Elm Capital Group36.81% 12.49% 4.36%
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund N/A N/A N/A

38.8% of Great Elm Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Great Elm Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Great Elm Capital Group has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Great Elm Capital Group beats Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GECC vs. The Competition

MetricGreat Elm Capital GroupFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$88.38M$13.01B$12.57B$10.58B
Dividend Yield19.37%6.49%5.56%4.86%
P/E Ratio4.8724.5621.2628.46
Price / Sales2.247.0430.00206.88
Price / Cash3.9615.1822.2960.64
Price / Book0.642.762.246.53
Net Income$3.55M$567.68M$1.02B$276.75M
7 Day Performance2.84%-0.23%0.88%0.93%
1 Month Performance-33.10%-0.83%-0.85%1.41%
1 Year Performance-24.38%4.98%536.18%31.59%

Great Elm Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GECC
Great Elm Capital Group
2.859 of 5 stars
$7.60
-0.5%
$11.00
+44.7%
-26.0%$88.38M$39.32M4.87N/AUpcoming Earnings
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$10.17
+2.1%
N/A+38.7%$350.83MN/A0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
SAR
Saratoga Investment
2.0677 of 5 stars
$21.81
+1.0%
$23.88
+9.5%
-5.5%$347.68M$148.85M9.323,211
TWN
Taiwan Fund
N/A$55.62
+2.6%
N/A+22.4%$346.61MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
MIY
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund
N/A$11.50
+0.5%
N/A-2.1%$331.36MN/A0.00N/APositive News
MHN
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.47
+0.2%
N/A-2.6%$316.02MN/A0.00N/APositive News
MIN
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
N/A$2.66
-0.2%
N/A-3.3%$302.70MN/A0.00N/APositive News
DSM
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund
N/A$6.03
+1.0%
N/A+0.5%$299.98MN/A0.0020,786News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
NCA
Nuveen California Municipal Va
N/A$8.90
+0.3%
N/A-0.8%$293.67MN/A0.00N/A
TDF
Templeton Dragon Fund
N/A$11.38
+2.1%
N/A+28.5%$282.81MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
MXF
Mexico Fund
N/A$18.90
+1.7%
N/A+30.0%$272.02MN/A0.00N/APositive News
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This page (NASDAQ:GECC) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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